About the Authors

Ameni Kthiri

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Carthage University, Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, Zarzouna, Bizerte, Tunisia, Environmental Research Institute and School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University College Cork, Western Gateway Building, Western Road, Cork, Ireland

Slah Hidouri

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Carthage University, Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, Zarzouna, Bizerte, Tunisia

Tahri Wiem

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Carthage University, Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, Zarzouna, Bizerte, Tunisia

Roua Jeridi

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Carthage University, Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, Zarzouna, Bizerte, Tunisia

David Sheehan

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

david.sheehan@ku.ac.ae

Affiliations Environmental Research Institute and School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University College Cork, Western Gateway Building, Western Road, Cork, Ireland, Dept of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Ahmed Landouls

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Carthage University, Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte, Zarzouna, Bizerte, Tunisia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.